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Wild Grass A Future Energy Source: NCKU Scholars (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2011/11/07) Wild Miscanthus, a long perennial grass common in Taiwan but considered as weed, may become a sustainable and environmental-friendly energy source, scholars at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) said.
As the world is faced with a serious resources shortage, the search for alternative energy should
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Managing Climate Change: From Science to Digital Humanities and Sustainability, PNC 2011 Annual Conference Opens in Thailand (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2011/10/05) The Pacific Neighborhood Consortium will hold its 2011 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand between October 19 and 21. This year's conference entitled "Managing Cli
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Promising Talents Shine at MOEA Design Awards (Chinese Version)
The China Post (2011/09/17) The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced the outstanding winners of this year's Golden Pin Design Awards (金點設計獎) and the Taiwan International Design Competition (臺灣國際創意設計大賽 TIDC) at an awards ceremony in Taipei, September 16.
The Golden Pin Awards has been considered the highest honor in Tai
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Scientists Proved Toxic Nanoparticles Change Fish's Swimming Velocity and Activity, Raising Worries over Nano-cosmetics' Environmental Impact (Chinese Version)
The Liberty Times (2011/09/07) Nanoparticles may be carried with potential risks to human body, and they may threaten the environment as well. Scientists points out, the nanomaterials widely used in producing the cosmetics are influenc
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Figures Show Incidences of Acid Rain Decreased to 53% in Past Decade: EPA (Chinese Version)
Taipei Times (2011/07/27) The acid rain situation nationwide has improved markedly in the past decade, dropping to an incidence rate of about 53 percent during that period, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on July 26 as it announced the results of a 20-year monitoring project. The EPA said
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Forum on Nuclear Energy Policy to Open June 26 (Chinese Version)
CNA (2011/06/25) A forum on Taiwan's nuclear energy policy was planned to be held in Taipei Sunday, during which a Japanese "green" leader will share her experience of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, organizers said Saturday.
Other participants include Raoul KUBITSCHEK, science
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National Armed Forces Shows Environmental Protection Concept, Participating in Ocean Pollution Drill and Caring about Ocean Ecology in Drill (Chinese Version)
China Times E-paper (2011/06/16) & MNA (2011/06/15) Taichung City government held an ocean pollution emergency drill on June 15 at Taichung Harbor. Vice Mayor Jiachi HSIAO of the city hosted the drill, while Commander of the Tenth Army C
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Disposable Cups Reduction Campaign Decreases 1.8 Hundred Thousand Uses per Day (Chinese Version)
Lihpao (2011/06/15) The annual use amount of disposable cups in Taiwan has reached 1.5 billion, that is, 4,100,000 disposable cups are wasted everyday. These discarded cups become a source of serious pollution. In order to control the over-use at root, the Environmental Protection Administration (E
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Indoor Exposure of Phthalates Harmful to Children: NCKU (Chinese Version)
NCKU Research Express (Vol. 18 Iss. 9) Recent controversy over the discovery of clouding agents containing the banned chemical DEHP in beverages has caused public concerns. A research team of environmental health at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has verified that DEHP in the environment can lead to children’s all
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NCKU Landmark Project: Construction of an Intelligent Disease Biomarker Mining Platform by Integrated Analysis of Clinical, Genomic and Proteomic Databases (Chinese Version)
NCKU Research Express (2011/05/27) The cDNA microarray technology has enabled the experimental study of thousands of gene expressions simultaneously to investigate different kinds of biological processes. In general, micro
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Minor Cereals, Taiwan's New Idea for Reconstructing Food Security (Chinese Version)
Taiwan Environmental Information Center, TEIA (2011/04/22) The rapid rise of grain prices during 2007 to 2008 induced a global food panic, in response to which several countries had tried to find solutions increasing food security. For instance, South Korea and Japan had increased their food independence rates
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Taiwan Trout Habitat Extended! (Chinese Version)
The Liberty Times (2011/02/20) After several failures, Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters finally succeeded in releasing cultured Taiwan Trout in Luoyehwui River, twenty more kilometers away from Cijiawan River – the released fish had succeeded in breeding, and the successive generation had grown in about one inch long.
Source: Shei-pa Nati
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Taiwan Scholar Publishes about Taiwan Trout, Urging the Public on Ecology Conservation (Chinese Version)
CNA & RTI (2011/01/23) Professor Ching-ming WANG has spent on Taiwan trout research and ecological restoration in Taiwan for twenty-five years since he completed his study in the US and came back to Taiwan. Recently he has published a monograph collecting the findings of his during these ye
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The First Zero-Carbon Building in Taiwan – NCKU's Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center to Inaugurate (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2011/01/07) About to acquire the highest green building certificates from Taiwan's Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health (EEWH) rating system and the U.S. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, the Y. S. Sun Green Buildi
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Pig Farmer's Good Idea Turns Pig Manure into Green Energy (Chinese Version)
Taiwan Environmental Information Center (2010/12/21) In order to improve the fecal contamination prevention in river areas, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Executive Yuan, designs “swine toilet” and spends effort on promoting “clean swine farm,” assisting 100 swine farms to build demonstration pigsty wit
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Former NCKU Doctoral Student’s Discovery of Gold Nanoparticles to Induce Luminescence in Leaves Attracts Foreign Media’s Attention (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2010/11/30) Post-doctor Yen-Hsun SU at Research Center for Applied Science (RCAS), Academia Sinica, Taiwan, a former student of Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), has been interviewed by Reuters in the labor
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NCKU Organized Southeast Asia Workshop to Discuss Regional Health Impacts and Adaptation under Climate Change (Chinese Version)
NCKU News (2010/11/25) With the support from National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan, Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS) Secretariat and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have jointly hosted the 2010 Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Reg
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National Taiwan University Presents Innovating Materials with Wide Range of Application in Energy, Environment and Medical Equipment, Published in Science (Chinese Version)NTU Newsletter (Issue 1026) A five-member research team, including Distinguished Professor Din Ping TSAI, Department of Physics and Graduate Institute of Applied Physics, National Taiwan University, and Professor Nikolay I. ZHE
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The First Pilotless Air Pollution Monitoring Plane in Taiwan Shows up (Chinese Version)
RTI & China Times E-paper (2010/11/09) The first made-in-Taiwan pilotless air pollution monitoring plane, which targets and can capture samples of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and non-methane hydrocarbons, was presented to the public in Kaohsiung City on November 8. Fooyin University, that invents the plane, poi
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Study on Atmosphere of Venus Verifies the Existence of Sulfate, a Likely Substance to Regulate Climate Change (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2010/11/05) Dr. Mao-Chang LIANG, Associate Research Fellow of the Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica, recently took part in a scientific investigation of sulfur cycle in the upper atmosphere of Venus. Sulfur is of interest
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First Taiwan-Norway Economic Cooperation Conference Held, Focusing on Green Energy Development (Chinese Version)
CNA (2010/10/30) Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) and Oslo Chamber of Commerce (OCC) held the first economic cooperation conference between the two countries in Oslo on October 29 (Oslo time). During the conference, the representatives of the both sides
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Sci-tech Fungi Forest That Can Sing, Play Music and Surf the Net (Chinese Version)
The Liberty Times & Awakening News Networks (2010/09/15) Sponsored by National Science Council for a more than nine million NT dollar budget, Professor Xiaoniu Su-Chu HSU, Center for Art and Technology, Taipei National University of the Arts, and two professors from Tamkang University, Professor Chih-Yung CHANG
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Daren and Wuciou Selected to Be Potential Final Repositories for Nuclear Waste; Local People Demur (Chinese Version
CNA, Now News & The Liberty Times (2010/09/13) State-owned Enterprise Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs, (MOEASEC) said on September 13 that the committee selecting sites of potential final repositories for nuclear waste has reached the determination and chooses Daren Town
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Extinct Fish Species Reappear in Regulated Danshui River (Chinese Version)
CNA, RTI, China Times E-paper & Now News (2010/09/07) Owing to the successive regulation measures, researchers confirmed the return of 11 species of fish that were previously extinct in Sindian (Xindian) River, which is found in Danshui River system, proving that the regulation is successful. According to the report rel
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Pushing the Legislation of Four Integrated Carbon Reduction Bills, EPA Announces to Set GHG Emission Caps (Chinese Version)
Awakening News Network (2010/08/24) Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Minister Stephen Shu-hung SHEN said on August 24 that Taiwan is now developing the legislation of four integrated carbon reduction bills, including the already implemented Energy Management
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NCKU Innovates Sterilizing Plasma Pen (Chinese Version)
NCKU Realtime News (2010/08/23) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has made a new establishment in atmospheric plasma technology. Professor Jiunn-Der LIAO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NCKU, and his team have succeeded in innovating a new sterilizing equipment, a new type of hollow-electrode microplasma jet system,
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“Science Season 2010: Climate Change” Begins at Kaohsiung (Chinese Version)
Udn.com ( 2010/08/09), RTI & National Educational Radio (2010/08/08))The opening ceremony of the cooperative program of Ministry of Education, National Science Council and National Science & Technology Museum, “Science Season 2010: Climate Change Exhibition” (trans. temp.), was held on August 8. Minister of Education C
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Taiwan Researchers Discover New Fish Species Imperiled by Oil Spill (Chinese Version)
Academia Sinica Newsletter (2010/07/30) Dr. Hsuan-Ching HO, a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, recently discovered two previously unknown fish species dwelling on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico where the recent BP oil spill is threatening their living. The study, joi
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More Than Thirty Thousand People Subscribe for Shares to Conserve White Dolphins, Setting Another Milestone of Taiwan's Environmental Trust Movement (Chinese Version)
Taiwan Environmental Information Center (2010/07/07) The movement, originated by Taiwan Environmental Information Association (TEIA), that invites the public to subscribe shares for the conservation easement of the Chinese White
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China's Fourth Arctic Expedition about to Launch Next Month, Scientist from Taiwan Join the Voyage for the First Time (Chinese Version)
CNA News & CD News (2010/06/26) China News Agency reports on June 26 that China's fourth arctic expedition will leave Xiamen for the North Pole on July 1; for the first time, a scientist from Taiwan will participate in the voyage.
By now, the team of the ex
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